Native Instruments MASCHINE MIKRO MK2 Manual page 187

Working with Patterns (Software)
The Pattern Editor
(3) Sample Editor button: Click this button to open/close the Sample Editor. The Sample Editor
is covered in chapter ↑10.5, Triggering Scenes via MIDI.
(4) Sound slots: Sound slots 1–16 of the selected Group are listed here. Click a Sound slot to
bring it into focus and display its Modules and Properties in the Control area. In Keyboard view
(2), click a Sound slot to display its events in the Step Grid (8).
(5) Pattern Length controls: The Pattern Length controls allow you to choose the increment by
which the length of the Pattern can be adjusted, and to adjust the length of the displayed Pat-
tern according to that increment. See ↑7.1.4, Adjusting the Pattern Length for more info.
(6) Pattern slots: Each Group has 4 Pattern Banks of 16 Pattern slots each (see ↑7.1.2, Select-
ing Patterns and Pattern Banks). Each Pattern slot can hold one Pattern. A Pattern contains
the events (also called "notes") that make up a groove or a musical phrase for the selected
Group. Click a Pattern slot to display and edit its Pattern. Upon slot selection this Pattern is
also referenced by a Clip for that Group in the selected Scene in the Arranger (see chapter
↑10, Creating a Song using Scenes). The Clip will take the name of the Pattern (if any) and the
number of its Pattern slot. Create Clips from various Patterns to form an arrangement. See
chapter ↑10, Creating a Song using Scenes for more info on this.
(7) Pattern timeline: The timeline at the top of the Step Grid (8) displays musical time units,
including bars and beats. Click anywhere in the timeline to resize the currently selected Pat-
tern.
(8) Step Grid: Displays the content of the selected Pattern slot (6). Here you can see your re-
corded events as rectangular blocks. In Group view (1) these represent the Sounds of your
Group. In Keyboard view (2) they represent musical notes of the selected Sound. The events
can be edited using your mouse; they can be dragged to a new position, elongated, shortened
or deleted.
(9) Automation Lane: The Automation Lane provides a visual overview and editing tools for the
automation of each parameter.
(10) Automation Lane button: The Automation Lane button allows you to show/hide the Automa-
tion Lane (9).
(11) Edit controls: Use the STEP menu to change the step size in which events can be moved/
resized and click the PAINT check box to toggle the Paint mode on/off.
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